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The field was almost IFR by the time the 135's were done rolling coal.
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Me too! 85-88
I saw an FB-111 do that during the MITO for Global Shield. The jet behind him was already rolling fast. My neighbor was it's crew chief, and he said they had to use a torch to get the brakes apart. That jet, and the jet that had the compressor stall got back in line behind the tankers, and went anyway.
Here is a video for effect from a few years later. Same planes and runway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825VVvNuSFY
The field was almost IFR by the time the 135's were done rolling coal.
One year, a tanker blew all the middle parts out of an engine, and took out three on the plane behind it.
I got to watch from the other side a couple times, between the alert facility and the runway. What an experience. What the video obviously lacks is the sound. They would run adds in the paper and on the news for about a week before, warning the town that the sirens would go off, and that all of the bombers launching at close intervals would cause "sonic disruptions". It made that crackling sound you hear when big rockets are launching.
ETA: I remember wondering what it would be like to watch that, knowing it was for real.